STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Extraordinary General Meeting of OMX shareholders today decided to elect Hans Munk Nielsen as member of the Board of OMX. Mr. Munk Nielsen will replace Henrik Normann, who resigned from the Board on June 1, 2005. This is in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal.
The Extraordinary General Meeting also decided that Mr. Munk Nielsen will be paid a fee of SEK 200,000 equivalent to that received by the other Board members, reduced by an amount corresponding to the period in 2005 during which he was not a member of the Board.
Mr. Normann will abstain from the Board fee in view of the brief period during which he was a member of the Board.
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OMX owns and operates the largest securities market in the northern Europe and is a leading provider of marketplace services and solutions for the financial and energy markets. OMX consists of two divisions: OMX Exchanges and OMX Technology. OMX Exchanges owns and operates the stock exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius as well as the central securities depositories in Estonia and Latvia. Through OMX Exchanges OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic securities market. OMX Technology is a world leading provider of solutions and services -- transaction technology, processing and outsourcing -- based on proven technology. OMX is listed on the stock exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. For more information please visit www.omxgroup.com.
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